Su Crucifissu Mannu necropolis

Su Crucifissu Mannu

The necropolis of Su Crucifissu Mannu is an archaeological site (not far from the necropolis of Ponte Secco ) between Li Lioni and Ottava, northeast of the road between Sassari and Porto Torres in the province of Sassari in Sardinia .

The excavated necropolis on the limestone plateau consists of 22 Domus de Janas , which were built in the Neolithic (4th millennium BC) and from the Copper Age (3rd millennium BC) to the Bonnanaro culture (around 1500 BC). Chr.). and sporadically in Roman times nachgenutzt were.

Some of the systems are accessible vertically, others via horizontal dromoi . The number of chambers in a system varies. Most have typical architectural details (beams, ledges, pillars, pilasters , pillars, false doors (tomb 4), steps and lintels on the walls of the large main chambers. One has a central column. The smaller side chambers open in some cases In the case of grave XIII there are a total of 14. Some are decorated with stylized bull heads in bas-relief .

The facility has produced large quantities of ceramics from the Bonnanaro culture, but also four arm protection plates from the bell beaker culture and idols in the form of the mother goddess. Among the finds is a human skull, with an in vitro were performed trepanation .

The rocks above some domus are provided with deep parallel grinding tracks , which are a phenomenon particularly well known in Malta .

• Su Crucifissu Mannu necropolis
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  Bull reliefs

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  Chamber with central column

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  Collapsed chambers

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  Grinding marks

See also

• List of prehistoric and protohistoric archaeological sites in Sardinia

literature

• Maria Luisa Ferrarese Ceruti: La tomba XVI di Su Crucifissu Mannu e la Cultura di Bonnanaro , in Bullettino di Paletnologia Italiana nuova serie, XXIII, Vol. 81, 1972-1974 [1976], pp. 113-210.
• Maria Luisa Ferrarese Ceruti: Le necropoli di Su Crucifissu Mannu-Porto Torres e Ponte Secco-Sassari , in La Cultura di Ozieri. Problematiche e nuove acquisizioni , Ozieri 1989, pp. 37–47.
• Giovanni Maria Demartis: Tomba V di Montalè - Sassari. Necropoli di Su Crucifissu Mannu- Porto torres , Collana Il triangolo della Nurra, 2-4. Betagamma editrice, Viterbo 1998.

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Coordinates: 40 ° 48 ′ 37.2 "  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 39.2"  E